Community Wellbeing Practitioner

Can you help us develop an outstanding service for young people in Surrey?

Do you have a passion to support young people's emotional health and wellbeing?

The Surrey Wellbeing Partnership is a group of twelve charities, including Barnardo's, working together to meet the emotional needs of children and young people in Surrey. The Partnership is part of a larger Alliance of organisations, including Surrey andBorders NHS Trust and Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. The Surrey Wellbeing Partnership aims to provide outstanding services for children and young people in need of emotional support and care.

Barnardo's are seeking to recruit 3 full-time (37 hours a week) experienced Wellbeing Practitioners who share our commitment and vision to develop an outstanding service and embed Barnardo's basis and values in all we do. These posts sit within the CommunityWellbeing Team which is a new service that launched on 1st April 2021 to run across Waverley, Woking, Surrey Heath and Spelthorne. We are recruiting for 2 positions to cover Spelthorne and 1 position to cover Surrey Heath.

Wellbeing Practitioners hold a caseload of children and young people (6-18 years old) and will provide early support to them who are experiencing poor wellbeing. This may present itself in many different ways such as feeling lonely, isolated, unhappy, oranxious, having low mood or experiencing stress and can come from multiple causes.

Wellbeing Practitioners will provide direct and virtual support, working collaboratively and with a strengths-based approach to support children and young people to improve their emotional wellbeing and resilience.

The Community Wellbeing Team operates within a Thrive Framework where choice and shared decision making is fundamental. It is a relational model, and we hold a non-judgmental and trusting relationship between the staff member and children, young people,and parents as crucial to their ongoing wellbeing. You will receive training on the Thrive model at the start of your employment.

Barnardo's is a busy and positive place to work.Every day is different, and the Wellbeing Practitioners will have a critical role within our team. To be successful in this role you will:

- Have knowledge of emotional health and wellbeing, and experience of supporting children and young people to implement strategies to manage their emotional health and wellbeing.
- Have a range of project work skills and abilities;
- Demonstrate the ability to engage and communicate with both children, young people and their families;
- Have good organisational, numeracy, and literacy skills;
- Demonstrate empathy, patience, and an open and flexible approach to working with children and young people;
- Have experience of delivering one-to-one work with children and young people and take a strengths-based and trauma-informed approach to your work;
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of safeguarding procedures;
- Enjoy the challenges and rewards of working within a service for children, young people, and their families;
- Share our commitment to providing an outstanding service and embedding Barnardo's basis and values within all we do.

The office base for this role is in Leatherhead in Surrey. Although the role is office-based, the ability to work from home and willingness to travel around Surrey is essential. In light of the travel that will be required, access to a vehicle a valid drivinglicence will be essential.

Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.

Barnardo's offer their staff regular supervision and give all colleagues access to at least three learning days a year. Barnardo's University (BU) facilitate a range of opportunities which will be available through B-learning online and the BU prospectus.However, staff can use this time in a way that works for them - for instance to spend a day shadowing another team.

Barnardo's employees can also access a range of benefits, including:

- Offers from major high-street brands
- Discounts on cinema tickets
- Discounts on holidays
- Acycle-to-work scheme
- Purchasing additional annual leave
- Access to an Employee Assistance Program

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children - no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment processfor this role.

**Our basis and values